Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 322
Chapter 23 One cart with eight horses and one hundred thousand catties
Digging progressed a little faster because there was no delay in transporting the soil.After all, at this time of strong labor, it is normal for one person to dig out more than ten cubic meters a day.

With the laying of a thousand steps, Chen Ying couldn't wait to put the finished open transport vehicle on the track.

This kind of open-top transport vehicle is not a two-wheeled carriage running back and forth on Qinchi Road, but like a siege vehicle, with twelve wheels on each side, a total of 24 wheels.

Thanks to spring steel, Chen Ying doesn't have to worry about not having shock absorption.

The whole carriage is about six feet two feet long, one foot two feet wide, and four feet two inches five feet high, which is just enough to transport forty square meters of soil, more than 50 tons, at a time.

Chen Ying was also not sure how many horses were needed to pull the 50-ton twelve-wheeled cart. He decided to try it with two horses first. It turned out that two horses couldn't pull such a heavy carriage.

Chen Yingdao: "Six more horses!"

The retinue immediately pulled out six war horses, together with the original two, there were a total of horses and camel harnesses.

While preparing, Chen Ying also murmured silently in his heart: "God bless..."

A horse can pull multiple loads, Chen Ying had to find out in an internet forum, and seemed to remember that a horse could pull five tons on soft mud roads, two tons on gravel roads, and eight tons on railways. A flat-bottomed boat without power can pull [-] to [-] tons.

With more than 50 tons of cargo, it is actually the limit for Chen to use eight horses to pull it.If you can't pull it anymore, you can't make such a big convertible, you can only reduce the length of the convertible and reduce the loading capacity.

As the horsewhip exploded in the air, it also brought Chen Ying back to reality from the state of meditation.Chen Ying nervously looked at the wheels of the convertible.The eight fine horses worked in unison.The wheels of the 52-wheel convertible carriage loaded with 24 tons of soil slowly moved forward.

one cent,
one inch,
one foot,
One zhang.

"Move, move!"

Chen Ying shouted excitedly.

Ge Tong didn't expect that eight horses could pull such a heavy soil. If it was replaced with grain, this convertible cart could carry nearly [-] catties, which is a thousand stones. Ninety carriages, eighty or ninety horses.

Xu Jingzong also said dumbfounded: "It's unbelievable, this is unbelievable!"

Chen Ying said happily: "Hurry up, hurry up, run faster, run with all your strength, and see how long it takes to finish the thousand steps!"

Eight horses and 32 horseshoes are running fast, and the convertible is getting faster and faster on the track.

Chen Ying was as excited as a child, dancing and shouting, "It's done!"

See how much time.

In ancient times, there were no clocks and clocks, and the way to calculate time was generally to use incense or hourglasses.The time calculation is definitely not accurate.An attendant who was in charge of the incense handed the extinguished incense to Chen Ying. Chen Ying looked at the incense and found that it was only burned for less than three minutes.A stick of incense lasts about 5 minutes, and ten quarters of an hour are drawn on this stick of incense, and the two scales are equivalent to 150 seconds.

150 seconds, plus the start-up time is relatively difficult, and calculated vertically, in this way, the loaded carriage can move forward at a speed of 24 kilometers per hour on the galloping track.

Chen should be very satisfied with this result.If more advanced bearings and more effective lubricants are installed to reduce friction, the speed will be faster.

Chen Ying squatted down, looked at the groove in the track, and frowned.

Looking at Chen Ying's thinking, it is still too simple. Although eight horses can pull such a heavy convertible, the wooden track is a bit worn...

The moment Chen Ying got up, he suddenly saw a familiar face and the livid eldest grandson Wuji.

In fact, it was as early as when Chen Ying was preparing for the experiment.Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji brought Hou Junji and Duan Zhixuan to Shanglinli.Chen Jinyong, who was in charge of protecting Chen Ying, discovered Li Shimin's group and wanted to report to Chen Ying, but Li Shimin refused to let Chen Ying be disturbed.

Hou Junji and Duan Zhixuan swarmed up, Chen Jinyong was one against two, but Chen Ying's sixteen retinues were not opponents of Li Shimin's Xuanjia army, they were taken down immediately after the fight.

Constrained by others, Chen Jinyong also suffered from Hou Junji's old tricks.However, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was going to ridicule Chen Jinyong, a barbarian who didn't understand etiquette, was unprepared, and was kicked in the ribs by Chen Jinyong.

When Changsun Wuji wanted to use the killer, Li Shimin stopped Changsun Wuji.

Having suffered such a big loss for nothing, Changsun Wuji's lungs were about to explode.Chen Jinyong's kick was not light, Changsun Wuji's lower ribs had already turned bruised and purple, and there were faint drops of blood, and his internal organs were also overwhelmed.

Chen Ying turned around and bowed to salute: "Chen Ying sees His Royal Highness King Qin!"

Li Shimin paused slightly: "General Chen, you don't need to be polite!"

Chen Ying asked curiously: "His Royal Highness, you are..."

"The lonely king has nothing to do, come out for a walk!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up with a scary green light, just like an old bachelor seeing a top-notch beauty, he looked at this fast and that fast-moving convertible with great interest.

Li Shimin didn't know that Chen Ying built Chidao to facilitate the construction of ditches to fetch soil, and also to transport the bricks and building materials for the construction of Chenjiabao in the future.

Li Shimin naturally thought that Chen Ying must have heard something, knowing that Datang was going to join forces with Dou Jiande to attack Wang Shichong, and Wang Shichong was not a reckless man like Xue Renguo.Although Wang Shichong was a barbarian from the Western Regions and changed his mother's surname to Wang, he liked the art of war since he was a child.

During the Daye period, he went to Jiangdu palace supervisor and was trusted by Yang Guang. Later, he participated in the suppression of the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, and his reputation was even higher. In the ninth year of Daye, Liu Yuanjin from Yuhang, Zhu Xie from Kunshan, and Guan Chong from Changshu rebels.Later, these three teams were more united, pushing Liu Yuanjin as the main force, occupying Wu County, calling him the Son of Heaven, and setting up hundreds of officials.Wang Shichong led his Jianghuai disciples to attack Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie, winning consecutive battles. Liu and Zhu died successively. After the remaining 3 people surrendered, they were killed by Wang Shichong.In 614 A.D. (the tenth year of the great cause), Meng Rang, the commander-in-chief of Qi County's rebel army, set out from Changbai Mountain in Shandong Province to invade various states and counties, and reached Xuyi, growing to more than [-] horses.More than [-] Jianghuai troops were defeated by Wang Shichong, more than [-] people were beheaded, and more than [-] people were captured. Only Meng Rang escaped alone.

In the 11th year of Daye, Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen Pass, and Wang Shichong led the army to Yanmen Pass to Qin Wang.The first two support troops arrived, one of which was Li Yuan's army in Taiyuan, and the other was Wang Shichong's army. Moreover, Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi and Zhai Rang successively, but he was a formidable enemy who rose to the bottom with military exploits.

To attack Wang Shichong, it would definitely not work if there were fewer troops.If there are more people and horses, it will be very difficult to supply.When Li Shimin saw that Chen Ying was making Chidao and this kind of convertible car, Li Shimin thought that Chen Ying was preparing for his expedition to Wang Shichong.

Li Shimin looked at Chen Ying and asked, "How much can a carriage like General Chen carry at one time?"

Chen Ying sighed and said, "Not much, just over fifty tons!"

"More than fifty tons?" Li Shimin asked strangely, "What tons?"

Chen Ying realized that he habitually mentioned the weight unit of later generations, and explained: "When I was in Lingzhou, I heard from Li Tehu people that they call two thousand catties a ton!"

"Oh, one ton is two thousand catties, and fifty tons is..." Li Shimin said in disbelief, "One hundred thousand catties?"

PS: Wait for more

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